Salim Jay (born 30 June 1951) is a Franco-Moroccan novelist, essayist and literary critic living in France. He has written about 20 books, numerous essays and more than thousand newspaper articles. His "Dictionnaire des Écrivains marocains", published in 2005 by "éditions EDDIF (Maroc)" and "Paris-Méditérannée (France)" is a biographical dictionary of Moroccan writers who have expressed themselves in French language. The book has established itself already as a standard reference tool. Biography He was born on 30 June 1951 in Paris from a Moroccan father and Romanian mother. Salim Jay lived in Rabat from 1957 to 1973. His father was a poet who wrote in classical Arabic and was a friend of late king Mohammed V to whom Jay devoted the novel "Portrait du Géniteur en Poète Officiel" (Denoel, 1985). When Salim Jay was fourteen he made his first steps in journalism. He wrote an article for l'Opinion, the newspaper of the nationalist and royalist Istiqlal Party. In 1973 he heeded warnings and went into exile in France. He would not return for 29 years. He kept contact with his native country through the writings of other Moroccans. Salim Jay has a column in "Qantara", the magazine of the prestigious 'Institut du Monde Arabe' in Paris. Besides articles on the literature of Morocco, Jay has written on French writers like Michel Tournier, Henri Thomas and Jean Freustié. His own favorite is "101 Maliens nous manquent", 1987, ed. Arcantère. Bibliography Brèves notes cliniques sur le cas Guy des Cars Barbare, 1979 La Semaine où Madame Simone eut cent ans La Différence, 1979 Le Fou de lecture et les quarante romans Confrontation, 1981 Tu seras Nabab, mon fils, (sous le pseudonyme d’Irène Refrain) Rupture, 1982 Bernard Frank Rupture 1982 Romans maghrébins L’Afrique littéraire, 1983 Romans du monde noir L’Afrique Littéraire, 1984 Portrait du géniteur en poète officiel Denoël, 1985 Idriss, Michel Tournier, et les autres La Différence, 1986 Cent un Maliens nous manquent Arcantère, 1987 L’Afrique de l’Occident (1887-1987) L’Afrique littéraire, 1987 L’Oiseau vit de sa plume Belfond, 1989 Avez-vous lu Henri Thomas ? Le Félin, 1990 Les Écrivains sont dans leur assiette « Point Virgule », Seuil, 1991 Starlette au haras, (sous le pseudonyme d’Alexandra Quadripley) Editions de Septembre, 1992 Du côté de Saint-Germain-des-Prés Jacques Bertoin, 1992 Pour Angelo Rinaldi Belles Lettres, 1994 Jean Freustié, romancier de la sincérité Le Rocher, 1998 Sagesse du milieu du monde Paris Méditerranée, 1999 Tu